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2014 annual meeting Kathie and Tom Brock Tad Pinkerton GD

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2012 Friends Cathy at old farmhouse copy

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Earth Day at the Eagle Height Community Center

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Earth Day at the Eagle Height Community Center

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2014. Sue Denholm and Gisela Kutzbach of the Friends and Bryn Scriver of the Preserve staff as they helped children learn about two of the multitude of processes in a natural habitat, pollination and the food web.

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Friends exhibiting at the Nelson Institute Earth Conference

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Friends exhibiting at the Nelson Institute Earth Conference

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2014 was the first year that the Friends  exhibited for the Preserve at the annual Nelson Institute Earth Conference at Monona Terrace. Gisela Kutzbach and Pat Becker helped raise awareness of and interest in the Preserve and used the opportunity for networking.

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Garlic mustard pullers Bob Fessenden, Walt Holthaus, and Marv Beattie were featured in the 2005 Friends newsletter. Garlic Mustard was discovered by Kathie Brock in the Preserve in 1995. Ever since there were Garlic Mustard volunteer parties in the Preserve. Roma Lenehan became Garlic Mustard warrior par excellence over the years and spearheaded the Garlic Mustard Pull-a-thons.

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2002 Fessenden, Holthaus & Beatty GM team GD

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This photo, published in the 2005 Friends newsletter, shows Seth McGee, Biocore Lab Manager and Nate Chin at work, using prescribed fires to control undesired plants in the prairie.

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Friends volunteers (including Mary Trewartha and Kennedy Gilchrist) planting in Bill's Woods. Photo taken in 2004 by Glenda Denniston, and featured in the Spring 2005 newsletter.

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First “It’s in Our Nature” Open Mic Event, February 25th, 2020

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First “It’s in Our Nature” Open Mic Event, February 25th, 2020

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2020. Lillian Tong and Olympia Mathiaparanam introduce the first Open Mic Event in the BioCommons of Steenbock Library. The event featured beautiful works from a variety of presenters and inspired the Friends to program the Open Mic as an Annual Friends event. Photo taken by Tom Yin.

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Stanley Dodson Audio Trail at Class of 1918 Marsh

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Stanley Dodson Audio Trail at Class of 1918 Marsh

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2013. Opening of the Stanley Dodson Audio Trail around the marsh with a Friends Picnic and a tour of the 16 stations of the audio trail. John Magnuson led the project team

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2011. Cathy Bruner, then Preserve manager, and Summer Prairie Intern students are adding the final touches to the Willow Creek restoration. That day, archaeologist George Christianson, who surveyed the Preserve mounds in 2001, gave a lunch seminar for the students. Photo Kutzbach

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Jeff Koziol has been coordinator of the Biocore Bluebird Trail since 2018. The 8 nest boxes are checked weekly by a team of 6 monitors, including Laura Berger, Maggi Christianson, Gisela Kutzbach and Genevieve Murtaugh.

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Everyone is singing a song celebrating Steve Sentoff, then president. MJ Morgan plays the piano. At Gisela and John's house. 2019

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John J. Magnuson, Emeritus Professor of Zoology and Limnology. Sample of bottom sediment collected with an Ekman Dredge in 15 m of water. Photo by Arlene Koziol

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Peggy Macnamara, Artist -in-Residence, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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September 3, 2014. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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July 5, 2014. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Ed Spaulding, Professor of Botany, UW Madison, July 5, 2014. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Roma Lenahan, Expert Birder, Libby Zimmerman, a Honorary Fellow Cyperologist, June 24, 2019. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Sept 20, 2014. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Gisela Kutzbach, Sept 20, 2014. Photo by Arlene Koziol.

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Susan Denholm Surrounded by Buckthorn, Sept 20, 2014. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Bill explaining the geology of Eagle Hts Woods. Sept 20, 2014. Photo by Arlene Koziol.

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Sept 20, 2014. Friends of the  UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Leader-Adam Gundlach. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Eagle Hts Woods Restoration Project, Adam Gundlach

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Eagle Hts Woods Restoration Project, Adam Gundlach

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Participant, Jeff Koziol, Carrie Becker, Pat Becker, Jill Feldkamp, Roma Lenehan, Glenda Denniston, participant. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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End of Summer Boardwalk, Roma Lenehan, September 3, 2017

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End of Summer Boardwalk, Roma Lenehan, September 3, 2017

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Peggy Macnamara, Glenda Denniston, June 10, 2014

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Peggy Macnamara, Glenda Denniston, June 10, 2014

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June 5, 2014. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Jackie Sandberg, Jackie Sandberg, Dane Co Humane Society,Comparing Wrens. Photo taken by Arlene Koziol.

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Biocore Bird Banding, Jackie Sandberg, August 23, 2019

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Biocore Bird Banding, Jackie Sandberg, August 23, 2019

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Native Pollinators Field Trip, Susan Carpenter, July 19, 2015

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Native Pollinators Field Trip, Susan Carpenter, July 19, 2015

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Glenda Denniston, Roma Lenehan

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Native Pollinators Field Trip, Susan Carpenter

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Native Pollinators Field Trip, Susan Carpenter

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July 19, 2015, Outing led by Susan Carpenter, UW Arboretum Wisconsin Native Plant Gardener. 500 native bees live in Wisconsin. Susan stressed the importance of not using insecticides, providing flowering native plants throughout the season for pollen & nectar, and providing nesting areas for native  bees

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Paul Williams, Biology in a Bottle, July 5, 2014

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Paul Williams, Biology in a Bottle, July 5, 2014

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Paul Williams.Professor Emeritus · University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Pathology,Setup for growing a Cecropia Moth

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Gisela Kutzbach & Jeff Koziol install New Bluebird Houses in the Community Garden & Biocore Prairie

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Limnology Boat Ride, John Magnuson, June 22, 2016

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Limnology Boat Ride, John Magnuson, June 22, 2016

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Adam Gundlach & Intern Crew joined John J. Magnuson, Emeritus Professor of Zoology and Limnology  for a different perspective of the Preserve aboard the Limnology research vessel.

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Limnology Boat Ride, John Magnuson,June 22, 2016

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Limnology Boat Ride, John Magnuson,June 22, 2016

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Adam Gundlach, Field projects Coordinator, Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Laura Wyatt, Program Manager, Lakeshore Nature Preserve

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Wildlife Photography Class, Arlene Koziol, May 17, 2017

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Wildlife Photography Class, Arlene Koziol, May 17, 2017

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New CLA Water Quality Monitors with Gear in Tow! April 24, 2019

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New CLA Water Quality Monitors with Gear in Tow! April 24, 2019

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Lake Mendota University Bay Boat Launch in Background. Steve Sentoff & Nicole Miller.

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Clean Lake Alliance Water Quality Monitor Training, April 24, 2019

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Clean Lake Alliance Water Quality Monitor Training, April 24, 2019

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Nicole Miller, CLA Watershed Program Associate, Luke Wynn, Genevieve Murtaugh, Matt Chotlos, Doris Dubielzig, Steve Sentoff, Olympia Mathiaparanam, Diane Dempsey
Clean Lakes Alliance

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David S. Liebl, College of Engineering Faculty Emeritus, Dick Dubielzig,College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty Emeritus

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June 23, 2019.John Magnuson, Director Emeritus of the UW Center for Limnology, led a walk around the Class Of 1918 Marsh

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Jeff Koziol signing in with Lillian Tong

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Pleasure Bike Ride, Daniel Einstein-Sept 18, 2016

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Pleasure Bike Ride, Daniel Einstein-Sept 18, 2016

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Jeff Koziol, Galen & Grace Hassler, Daniel Einstein

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2015. Garlic Mustard pie, with the garlic mustard from the Preserve. A tasty treat after the GM pull.

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1975. Budding Friends fans Angela and Katrina Kutzbach at the Class of 1918 Marsh. Notice at that time, in fall, there were only few cattails growing. This photo was taken three years after marsh restoration.

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2017. Paul Noeldner and Seth MgGee building the Purple Martin house. The instructions weren't always clear.But what a fun Citizen Science project this is, with a group of long-time monitors. Prof. Anna Pidgeon is faculty advisor.

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2018. Chuck Henrikson and Gisela Kutzbach doing the fall clean-up of the Purple Martin house at the Biocore Prairie.

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2015. Two indefatigable volunteers: Ann Burgess and Kennedy Gilchrist.

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2014. Bandana (designed by Gisela) for the Party on the Path, organized by student board member Olivia Sanderfoot. There were stations with activities spaced from the Limnology Building to Willow Creek bridge.

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2012. Glenda Denniston shows of the native plant seedlings that she has raised over the winter, with much TLC. For many years, Glenda raised woodland and prairie plants from seeds in the UW Greenhouses.

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2015. Field trip in Eagle Heights Woods. Adam Gundlach, Preserve project coordinator, is our leader, standing up high, with red cap. Everyone enjoys seeing the progress in restoration, with burial mounds being saved and views opened up.

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Fieldtrip w Adam Gundlach in EHW A Koziol

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2019. Garlic Mustard Pull at Frautschi Point with a great bunch of volunteers. Roma Lenehan holds the poster and Steve Sentoff carries the table, later used for refreshments on the path.

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2011. Our September group of volunteers at the Heritage Oak project. The Friends funded this project and worked hard to clear the area from buckthorn, and other invasives and trash. Contractors sawed off 5 mature trees that had grown through the open-grown branches of the oak and suffocated/shaded our its lower limbs.

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2011. Preserve staff Adam Gundlach, Cthy Bruner, Bryn Scriver and Gary Brown at the Friend's 10th anniversary Picnic at Picnic Point.

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2011. Friends 10-year Anniversary Picnic at the second fire pit. Kathie Brock and John Magnuson presenting.

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2012. Board meeting at the cherished Science House, sponsored for Friends meetings by Paul Williams. From left: Kennedy Gilchrist, Glenda Denniston, Marcia Schmidt, Will Waller.

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2013. Snack time with fruit and vanilla pound cake for our volunteers, at the Harriet Riley wildflower planting.

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2013. Elinor Riley, Ron Towle, Brian Riley at the first Wildflower planting event, in honor of Harriet Riley. The planting area is at the junction of Big Oak Trail and the path to Frautschi Point

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2013 Elinor Riley, Ron Towle, Brian Riley

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2011. Kennedy Gilchrist and John Magnuson (both past presidents) are sawing away to clear the area around the Heritage Oak project.

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Dick McCoy, fundraiser extraordinaire in the early days with Blair Mathews, at the 2014 Annual Meeting with Bill Cronon. Cronon succeeded John Harrington as chair of the CNA Faculty Committee. His first action  was a name change from CNA to Lakeshore Nature Preserve.

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2014 annual meeting  Cronon and mcCoy GD

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2011. John and Gisela Kutzbach (then Board president) are promoting the $14,000 fundraiser for the Heritage Oak restoration project at the Annual Meeting. Sue Denholm created the display.

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Tom and Kathie Brock (later founded Pleasant Valley Conservancy) were instrumental in the formation of the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. During the late 1990s They worked with Arboretum Director Greg Armstrong who encouraged them to organize volunteer activities. In 1997 Cathy Bruner was hired as part-time CNA (campus natural Areas) manager. The Brocks donated $50,000 as long-term seed money to purchase supplies and equipment. The CNA Faculty Committee was formed in 2000.

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Board member Susan Carpenter leads at Friends field trip exploring the diverse pollinators of the Preserve, July 2019.

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Two young Friends practice putting out an imaginary prescribed fire at the Biocore Prairie with the Lakeshore Nature Preserve staff, 2018.

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Board President Olympia Mathiaparanam (right) relaxing in the Preserve with her sister, 2018.

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Olympia Mathiaparanam (current president) and Gisela Kutzbach (former President) inspect a blue bird box at the Biocore Prairie. July 2018

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Ann Burgess (former Friends President) teaching student volunteers about the process of prairie restoration, 2018.

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Friends learning about Madison's Well #19 from field trip leader, hydrologist, and former board director Mike Parsen inside the Water Utility Building on Lake Mendota Drive, 2016.

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Stan Temple sharing knowledge with the Friends-sponsored 2016 Prairie Partner Interns, surrounded by Aldo Leopold's personal documents and effects at the Leopold Archives in Steenbock Memorial Library.

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Mara McDonald (Friend and Biocore Bird Banding Observatory Founder) demonstrates the process of bird banding for Preserve visitors, April 2016.

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Doris Dubielzig (former Friends President) and Signe Holtz (Board Director) hiking on Picnic Point, Oct 2021.